After Ferhad Reza and Mashrafe Mortaza failed to stop the merciless Delhi duo, skipper Mohammed Ashraful introduced young Dollar Mahmud into the attack in the 10th over. However, Ashraful had no idea of what was in store for Mahmud as the 'Najafgarh marauder' creamed him for 22 runs, hitting him for two extra-cover sixes and two leg-side boundaries.

Sehwag completed his 27th one-day fifty, consuming just 27 balls, though he succumbed to the last ball of the over while trying to hook Mahmud for another big shot.

Gambhir, who did not get much strike earlier, had reeled off three boundaries in a Reza over, before Sehweag unleashed a flurry of strokes.

Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma joined Gambhir as skipper Dhoni opted to continue with the left-right combination.

Earlier, Hasan rescued Bangladesh with a gritty knock when they were staring at yet another disappointing show after their openers were knocked overs by the Indian pacers inside the first six overs.

Praveen Kumar, India's bowling hero in the last match, sent down some testing swing deliveries and was rewarded in the first over when Tamim Iqbal edged one into gloves of skipper M S Dhoni, behind the wickets.

Kumar was almost unplayable as he swung the ball both ways and troubled the other opener, Shariar Nafees, too.

R P Singh was also bang on target and cleaned up Nafees with a beautiful incoming delivery.

Nafees had hit the previous delivery, a full length ball, to a leg-side boundary but had no clue about the next and just saw his stumps shattered.

Hasan then joined hands with skipper Mohammed Ashraful to pull his team out of pits. The pair put together a 76-run stand for the third wicket and took the score to 93 for three. He struck just five boundaries in his 117-ball knock but braved the formidable Indian attack by stealing singles and doubles.

Yusuf Pathan broke the partnership when he caught Ashraful (36) off his own bowling.

Hasan carried on his good work and got good support from Alok Kapali, who played a 20-run cameo off 26 balls, which included two boundaries.